First (according to the met office) we have the wettest May since 1967 (and the fourth wettest ever). Then we have the wettest June ever, rain nearly every day, floods all over the place. Then it carries on raining through July and we get this:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/weather/Story/0,,2131580,00.html
Some of the heaviest rainfall in living memory deluged southern Britain yesterday, inundating places with up to one sixth of their entire annual rainfall in less than 24 hours....The wettest part of the UK was Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, which received 121.2mm of rain from midnight Thursday until 5pm yesterday - three times its average rainfall for July and a sixth of what it would expect for the whole year....Steve Randall, a forecaster for the Met Office, said: "I've never seen anything like it, and I've been in the Met Office for 34 years. It's an extraordinary amount, more like you would expect in a tropical rainforest."
The five day forecast for London is rain, rain, rain, rain and rain. Someone make it stop.
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Saturday, 21 July 2007 10:05 (sixteen years ago) link
sheeeeeit, my folks are going to that part of oxfordshire today!
i think it's the worst summer ever, yep.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Saturday, 21 July 2007 10:23 (sixteen years ago) link
We had a vaguely satisfying group rant about it on the 'another hot summer' thread yesterday. But yeah, it's the worst I can remember.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 21 July 2007 10:28 (sixteen years ago) link
I can't recall a worse one. Still plenty of time for it to piss down in August, too, yet.
― Matt, Saturday, 21 July 2007 11:32 (sixteen years ago) link
i like it. it's still warm yet not so sunny that i get burnt quickly. also, storms are cool.
― creme1, Saturday, 21 July 2007 11:45 (sixteen years ago) link
TRUCK fest is off.
http://www.nme.com/news//29821
― pisces, Saturday, 21 July 2007 12:09 (sixteen years ago) link
(and the fourth wettest ever) as in since 1908 or what?
that unusual April heatwave seems a long time ago. last Summer was mega-hot but i read somewhere it was only the hottest since 1998 or something - it will probably end up being the hottest this decade tho.
― blueski, Saturday, 21 July 2007 13:54 (sixteen years ago) link
gloriously random
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42463000/gif/_42463752_rainfall3_416x251.gif
― blueski, Saturday, 21 July 2007 14:14 (sixteen years ago) link
wow august 2004 was some shit huh?
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Saturday, 21 July 2007 14:15 (sixteen years ago) link
I remember August 2004 sucking enormously.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 21 July 2007 15:03 (sixteen years ago) link
possibly the best month of my life.
― acrobat, Saturday, 21 July 2007 15:13 (sixteen years ago) link
I can't remember anything at all about August 2004.
― ailsa, Saturday, 21 July 2007 15:21 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh, that's because I was watching Olympics a lot. Don't remember particularly crappy weather?
― ailsa, Saturday, 21 July 2007 15:25 (sixteen years ago) link
i moved house, don't remember it being partic hot. whereas august 2003 was the hottest i can remember it being, ever. anyhoo: YES britishes summer weather be random, but this summer has been unusually consistent in its shittiness.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Saturday, 21 July 2007 15:26 (sixteen years ago) link
as in since 1908 or what?
Since 1914, apparently. Obviously this isn't as bad as the ice age.
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Saturday, 21 July 2007 15:59 (sixteen years ago) link
At least you're not having the ZITTIEST summer ever.
― Jesse, Saturday, 21 July 2007 16:00 (sixteen years ago) link
I think the Britishes might have had other things on their minds in 1914.
― Matt DC, Saturday, 21 July 2007 16:20 (sixteen years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curragh_Incident
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Saturday, 21 July 2007 16:23 (sixteen years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_Alliance_(1914)
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Saturday, 21 July 2007 16:24 (sixteen years ago) link
I was visiting a friend in London in June and they shut down the Circle line for an entire weekend. Friend seemed to think it was to repair heat damage. Melting tracks?? Really?
― the higgs, Saturday, 21 July 2007 16:28 (sixteen years ago) link
Top five wettest years in England in my life : 2000, 2002, 1998, 1999, 1974. The first six months of this year put it on target to come top.
Top five hottest years in England in my life: 2006, 1990, 2002, 1999, 2003. The first six months of this year also put it on target to come top.
Seems like it's getting hotter and wetter. This is the worst combination. No barbecues, no fun, just humidity. I'd happily take a bit of a cold summer if it was sunny all the time.
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Saturday, 21 July 2007 16:29 (sixteen years ago) link
i wish people would stop saying britishes
― blueski, Saturday, 21 July 2007 17:33 (sixteen years ago) link
/\ typical british reaction
― blueski, Saturday, 21 July 2007 17:36 (sixteen years ago) link
It took me 11 hours to get from Wiltshire to Leicestershire yesterday (taking in a stop for some quite decent chinese food in Swanage) so it could have been worse. Also I saw the man from Bargain Hunt in the chinese restaurant so all was not lost.
― Ned Trifle II, Saturday, 21 July 2007 17:43 (sixteen years ago) link
That should be Wantage.
― Ned Trifle II, Saturday, 21 July 2007 17:49 (sixteen years ago) link
Not Swanage.
― Ned Trifle II, Saturday, 21 July 2007 17:50 (sixteen years ago) link
this has definitely made moving to chicago much, much easier. and then some.
― toby, Sunday, 22 July 2007 03:42 (sixteen years ago) link
It's all the fucking pagans fault.
― Ned Trifle II, Sunday, 22 July 2007 19:20 (sixteen years ago) link
spoke to parents in Tewkesbury today. worst they can remember it (no doubt not helped because they built an asda and several housing estates on the flood plain, duh!). brother slept in car on friday night because he couldn't get home from work.
basement flat here (W12) got flooded out as well, high water mark is 1/4 of the way up the back door. similar scenes all up the street, at least those houses with basement flats.
― koogs, Sunday, 22 July 2007 20:28 (sixteen years ago) link
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44014000/jpg/_44014086_glo_sun_aerial.jpg
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44014000/jpg/_44014078_worcs_sun_caravansfloat.jpg
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Monday, 23 July 2007 10:49 (sixteen years ago) link
I;m really hoping the witch downstairs is going to get flooded out, but SE24 remains dry.
― Pete W, Monday, 23 July 2007 10:57 (sixteen years ago) link
I am leaving for two weeks walking and camping in pembrokeshire on friday. Wish me luck.
― Ed, Monday, 23 July 2007 10:58 (sixteen years ago) link
friday = wednesday
i have sung in that abbey 8) big centre page spread in todays guardian taken from the other side. (airspace above tewkesbury must be full of helicopters what with photographers and rescue choppers)
and why are so many caravans caught up in the flood? they are on wheels.
― koogs, Monday, 23 July 2007 11:07 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,,-6806361,00.html
The three months from May to July have been the wettest on record even before July is over, the Met Office has revealed.
Figures show that 387.6mm of rain have already fallen across England and Wales, making it the wettest May to July since records began in 1766.
...and still it rains... :-(
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Thursday, 26 July 2007 07:47 (sixteen years ago) link
This flooding is God's punishment on Britain for having too many caravans. It's true! He told me so.
― byebyepride, Thursday, 26 July 2007 08:03 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?world=4583
so is this the end of the rain
― Ste, Monday, 30 July 2007 10:34 (sixteen years ago) link
(actually looking further north of britain the rain makes a comeback this weekend so "no")
So....
2007: unusually hot April, followed by three months of torrential rain and huge floods
2011: the hottest April ever (probably - http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/apr/24/april-warmest-britain-sun), followed by...?
The last couple of weeks have been absolutely fantastic and I've loved it. I just thought I should put that on record because I've been moaning about crap English summers for the last four years.
― in a wonderful balloon! (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 24 April 2011 19:46 (twelve years ago) link
I'm considering buying a dehumidifier on Wednesday, so it'll probably be a complete washout from here until September.
― grill 'em bake 'em fry 'em burn 'em (snoball), Sunday, 24 April 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, past 3-4 years have been blazing in April or May, then rained through the summer. Almost ready to think it is our new ~climate pattern~ but I'm sure that's a little premature as yet.
(I am a wimp and don't like anything above about 28 degrees, so if we do get a hotter summer than this I am going to be grumpy as hell all over ILX)
― dimension hatris (a passing spacecadet), Sunday, 24 April 2011 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
i've been thinking along the lines of yr first sentence meself
yr second sentence can do one tho
― i've got blingees on my fisters (darraghmac), Sunday, 24 April 2011 23:14 (twelve years ago) link
Britain's new climate pattern = "we don't know what the weather's going to be like from one week to the next" = Britain's old climate pattern
― grill 'em bake 'em fry 'em burn 'em (snoball), Monday, 25 April 2011 08:16 (twelve years ago) link
It's been very wet recently. Just saying.
― Food Processors Are Grebt (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Saturday, 18 June 2011 07:51 (twelve years ago) link
it was the best april ever, though. and may was very good. im quietly confident.
― underrated mountain goats bootlegs I have owned (history mayne), Saturday, 18 June 2011 07:54 (twelve years ago) link
I don't mind the rain. The post-rain humidity is pretty obnoxious, though.
― модный хипстер (ShariVari), Saturday, 18 June 2011 07:54 (twelve years ago) link
It's a bit better today. I think people exaggerate the shitness of summers anyway. everyone seems to say that we get a great april and may and always a bad summer now but it's not really true. there was a heatwave for about 3 weeks in June last year, hottest Wimbledon ever etc. I don't remember any shortage of hot days last year.
― MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T BE LIVING HERE!! (Local Garda), Saturday, 18 June 2011 10:18 (twelve years ago) link
It's been pretty warm despite the heavy showers.
― aka best bum of the o_O's (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 18 June 2011 10:20 (twelve years ago) link
I'm OK with this tbh. But that's cos I am with spacecadet:
― a fucking stove just fell on my foot. (Colonel Poo), Saturday, 18 June 2011 10:27 (twelve years ago) link
Manchester has been disgusting. Dunno how much worse than the rest of the country it is but fuck this town
― forest zombie (Vasco da Gama), Saturday, 18 June 2011 10:47 (twelve years ago) link
hankering for thatjerk chicken place opposite only does it on weekends >:(
― kinder, Tuesday, 19 July 2016 19:51 (seven years ago) link
Dirty rice is basically my version of jollof but with fewer ingredients to colour the rice.
Had to kill the rest of the pint of vanilla Haagen-Dazs and some raspberries, blender came out again.
― a nice cup of tea and a sit-in (suzy), Tuesday, 19 July 2016 19:58 (seven years ago) link
Day turned to night...
― 24 Hour Sex Ban Man (Tom D.), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 17:18 (seven years ago) link
Who could have predicted thunderstorms in incredibly hot weather?
Everyone was/is frantically trying to get stuff harvested today before the inevitable deluge hit(s), hopefully successfully. Here it is still gorgeous, sweaty and sticky, although I found myself sitting under the sole wispy raincloud in a blue sky earlier. Refreshing but annoying.
― wins, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 17:28 (seven years ago) link
im hoping to god it's nice in two weeks time as im back visiting and my wife has literally never seen Glasgow in the sunshine despite having been there 4 times
― ælərdaɪs (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 17:29 (seven years ago) link
And the golf ball sized hailstones?
― 24 Hour Sex Ban Man (Tom D.), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 17:35 (seven years ago) link
Also a thing
― wins, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 17:42 (seven years ago) link
Hoping to avoid those on my way home tonight.
― 24 Hour Sex Ban Man (Tom D.), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 17:45 (seven years ago) link
Annoying week to have chosen for a staycation, but its the overcast gloom I hate more than the rain.
― Luna Schlosser, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 09:34 (six years ago) link
I've got to go out in that shortly.
― weird echo of the falsies (Tom D.), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 09:36 (six years ago) link
I have friends arriving from Australia tomorrow. They'll be pleased.
― chap, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 09:50 (six years ago) link
gone from one of the best to one of the worst, lately
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 10:28 (six years ago) link
supposed to be bbqing tonight
― Senator Luther Strange (stevie), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 11:51 (six years ago) link
Wtf with this rain all day
― akm, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 12:01 (six years ago) link
i blame people who moan when it's warm
― put your hands on the car and get ready to die (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 12:06 (six years ago) link
rainy & 18c in Paris today, outside lights already on at 2pm
but it'll be 30 again by Monday, RIP Britain
― droit au butt (Euler), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 12:12 (six years ago) link
This is shit
― mothfrogs and homicidal smoking haikuists (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Wednesday, 9 August 2017 15:53 (six years ago) link
BBQ totally happened and was a success last night, cooked under a tarpaulin and it was DELICIOUS
― Senator Luther Strange (stevie), Thursday, 10 August 2017 10:34 (six years ago) link
is tarpaulin a vegetable y/n
― for sale: clown shoes, never worn (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 10 August 2017 10:35 (six years ago) link
of course not, it wouldn't have a place near my bbq if it was
― Senator Luther Strange (stevie), Thursday, 10 August 2017 10:48 (six years ago) link
cooked tarpaulin: delicious
tarpaulin: not a vegetable
noted
― for sale: clown shoes, never worn (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 10 August 2017 11:02 (six years ago) link
Seems to be a lingering gloomy overcastness in London at the moment. A bit of sunshine wouldn't hurt.
― Luna Schlosser, Thursday, 10 August 2017 11:03 (six years ago) link
Let's not get greedy, at least it's not relentlessly pishing it down - that's scheduled for tomorrow.
― weird echo of the falsies (Tom D.), Thursday, 10 August 2017 11:36 (six years ago) link
This summer has been strange. The early part was much drier, warmer, and sunnier than recent years. There was hardly any rain for months. All the streams and brooks out in the country were completely dried up. Now, it's gone the other way and the last six weeks, or something like that, have been predominantly cloudy with constant outbreaks of rain, not necessarily heavy most of the time but enough to spoil things.
― dubmill, Thursday, 10 August 2017 11:36 (six years ago) link
it's my fault, I went to cornwall on holiday and that's when it all went shit.
― angelo irishagreementi (ledge), Thursday, 10 August 2017 12:11 (six years ago) link
You know, it's been fine in Fife the past couple of days - even nice today. Unfortunately it's the start of the Lammas market today, which means lots of people/noise, which isn't my thing.
― Eallach mhór an duine leisg (dowd), Thursday, 10 August 2017 13:00 (six years ago) link
oh take a day off, rain
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Monday, 21 August 2017 10:04 (six years ago) link
i mean, i know August is usually shit and then it gets nice again, but September is going to have to be flipping TREMENDOUS to make up for this. i'm actually starting to panic that this is it until next April
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Monday, 21 August 2017 10:06 (six years ago) link
The Bank Holiday weekend is going to be hot. It is meant to be 27 degrees on Monday.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Monday, 21 August 2017 10:16 (six years ago) link
lol, that has been revised down to 19 degrees since i checked this morning.
― Wag1 Shree Rajneesh (ShariVari), Monday, 21 August 2017 10:18 (six years ago) link
I sometimes wonder if we need a 'Is this the worst Scottishes Summer ever' thread. When it's raining here you guys are sunny. It's quite nice today - I sat outside and read for a while - but you guys are getting soggy.
― Eallach mhór an duine leisg (dowd), Monday, 21 August 2017 14:01 (six years ago) link
Thank fuck its great this weekend.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 26 August 2017 11:28 (six years ago) link
rain is good not bad
george benson no less once explained this to me wrt the lovely greenness of england = one of its few positive features
― mark s, Saturday, 26 August 2017 11:45 (six years ago) link
Rain in Autumn plz.
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 26 August 2017 11:49 (six years ago) link
I have often explained to my colleagues from Europe that this is why Great Britain and Ireland is so green - I can now use George Benson to bolster my argument.
― Wewlay Bewlay (Tom D.), Saturday, 26 August 2017 12:23 (six years ago) link
it is autumn
― mark s, Saturday, 26 August 2017 12:30 (six years ago) link
but rain is summer is also good
― mark s, Saturday, 26 August 2017 12:31 (six years ago) link
as g.benson teaches us
I can remember a bad NME article on footballers and music that trash-talked George Benson. It summarised that professional footballers with perms and a penchant for George Benson = bad. And people like Pat Nevin with a well documented love of white indie rock = good and progressive. It would probably look very very bad now. To keep it topical, it is quite warm and balmy up here today. Might cut the hedges.
― calzino, Saturday, 26 August 2017 12:37 (six years ago) link
Sat in my gardeb drinking vodka and reading Moomin comics. That's a good day by my standards. Clouding over now.
― Eallach mhór an duine leisg (dowd), Saturday, 26 August 2017 16:17 (six years ago) link
(garden, obv)
― Eallach mhór an duine leisg (dowd), Saturday, 26 August 2017 16:19 (six years ago) link
Is this the best (britishes) summer ever?
― the salacious inaudible (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Friday, 6 July 2018 11:46 (five years ago) link
feared this might be the mithering Indonesia shut-in freak. but yes - we shall enjoy these years, before the Great Die-Off
― imago, Friday, 6 July 2018 11:50 (five years ago) link
*mothering of some shut-in freak, bloody autocorrect
MITHERING
I'm sitting in the sun reading a book anyhow :)
― imago, Friday, 6 July 2018 11:51 (five years ago) link
Could do with a little rain every now and then if it's anything like this side of the Irish sea. Authorities are talking about drought. BUt nice and sunny. Just could do with a little interspersing water refreshment innit.
― Stevolende, Friday, 6 July 2018 11:53 (five years ago) link
Oh I'm expecting drought warnings any time soon.
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Friday, 6 July 2018 12:15 (five years ago) link
we had some rain in london the other night and it just made it hot AND sticky, rather than just hot.
― koogs, Friday, 6 July 2018 13:05 (five years ago) link
Of course I'm missing all the good weather through working and then sitting indoors all day watching football when I'm not working.
― Alan Alba (Tom D.), Friday, 6 July 2018 13:14 (five years ago) link